Get ready to expand your library—your graphics library that is! Today’s freebie is inspired by a Designs By Miss Mandee reader request, and one that I find personally endearing because of my great love for reading. Use this cute reading clip art to decorate your own bookmarks, create a school-themed scrapbook page, or add one of these adorable reading animals to your next design just for fun!

When I thought of doing a reading-themed graphics set, I knew I had to include some cute woodland animals. Those little guys are by far my favorite part of this clip art group!

Like I said, and I’ve mentioned before, I LOVE to read. Reading is my absolute favorite way to relax and have “me-time.” Last year, I started using Goodreads to get recommendations and track the books I finished. Personally, I found it really useful, and I’ve loved reading reviews when I finish a book to see if other people felt the same way about plot points, characters, etc.

At the beginning of the year, I set a goal to read 24 books. Then March rolled around, and I was already half-way there (I was a reading machine at the start of the year); so, I decided to up my goal to 40 books. I am pleased to report that I surpassed my goal: completing a total of 43 books in the year 2016 (yippee)! And, thanks to Goodreads, I know that those books totaled over 20,000 pages, each one having an average page length of 465 pages (pretty cool)!

Anyway, this post probably sounds really braggy, sorry. I just wanted to share my excitement for reaching one of my 2016 goals. I’ll also be working toward the same goal in 2017, so I’ll need you guys to keep me accountable!

For all my fellow reading fanatics, I hope you enjoy the new, hand drawn reading clip art! What was your favorite read of 2016?

P.S. Just in case you are interested, here is a snapshot of some of the books I read last year (most of which fall into the YA category, I know…don’t judge me).

Mandee is a graphic designer, tennis player, and roller coaster enthusiast. She is a wife to an aspiring stand-up comedian and mommy to two super cute little boys. She fell in love with graphic design when she started working with a guy she met her freshman year of college on his comedy website. Design wasn’t the only thing she fell in love with, and they were married a year and a half later. She started Designs By Miss Mandee as a place to practice her designs skills and share her creative ideas. 14 Comments

OMG! Thanks so much for actually creating my request! These are so cool, cute and neat (As always) I’m downloading these NOW! Again, thanks! I will be sure to change my design now to add these graphics.

Lis

Yes, that’s exactly what I do! It depends on how dark the drawing is to begin with (pencil drawings always require a higher threshold than ink). I usually just play with the threshold until it’s where I like, then select “Ignore White,” and Image Trace>Expand to finish. I leave everything else pretty much to the default settings. Feel free to check out this tutorial I made about it if you’d like.

Maureen Rossi

To download any of the files on my website, simply click the “download” button. From there, you will be taken to where the file is hosted on Google Drive. You can download the zip file to your computer by clicking the arrow button above the file list (upper right hand corner).

Note: If you are on a tablet or mobile device, you will need an app that can unzip files.